Volume 1 The Road to Rise Chapter 002 The Midnight Visitor (2)
Father Lane guessed the identity of the visitor when he saw the commander of the guards, and although he was not welcome, he was no longer anxious.
What others don't know, but he knows very well that Father John was able to maintain the Notre Dame Welfare Home for ten years.
It's not about how tenacious and capable he is.
It was the covert funding of today's visitors that kept the monastery alive until Father John's death.
It's just that after he succeeded last year, he decisively refused.
For this reason, he also had a big quarrel with the visiting one and broke up unhappily.
Unexpectedly, time has changed.
A year later, the other party actually came again.
Father Ryan picked up his expensive cloak, gently patted it off the dust, and carefully hung it in the crook of his Bible-holding arm.
It's a high-end item worth fifty gold coins, and Nock can't afford it, and it's from Father John's inheritance. (Note (1))
Looking at the brightly lit church, thinking that the visiting guests were in the church, Nock did not go to the church, but went to the collective dormitory in the backyard.
After finding that the little ones were sleeping peacefully, he walked to the single dormitory building next to the collective dormitory with a gloomy face.
The single dormitory originally belonged to Father John, and the collective dormitory was once the dormitory of the clergy of the church.
Now, naturally, it has become a dormitory for several orphans in the monastery.
Who made the whole church now, only the only clergyman in Nock Lane?
That's it, before Father John died, he used his privilege to "entrust" his position to Nock Lane.
Although this kind of entrustment was lawful in the former church.
But now, the Holy Church admits it or not.
At least, the regional bishops of England do not approve.
Because, that's the bishop of the Cult of Nature God!
In the entire Lionheart Kingdom, except for the church in front of him, there is no church that belongs to the Holy Church!
Of course, none of these nocks know.
If he knew, even if it was Father John's last wish, he would have left it to his knees.
Standing in front of the door of the single dormitory building, Nock stopped.
He's moved here since Nock had to hunt dark creatures to get materials and go to the underground exchange for money.
If memory serves, he went out with the door locked.
But now the door lock has been opened, and it seems that the uninvited guests have come in without permission.
Nock looked up at the dark second floor, where Father John's study was located.
Judging from the last unpleasant contact, it was the only place where visitors could still see it.
It's hard to make it to Nock's messy kennel.
Five minutes later, Nock was punched in the face.
In the neat study, where the 46 manuscripts of the Bible were placed, there was no old woman.
Instead, in Nock's room, he saw an old woman sitting on the edge of the bed, looking at his futon with fleshy eyes!
"How did you end up here! Didn't I say it, you're not welcome here! We don't need your alms from above! ”
Nock was furious.
However, the gray-haired woman did not get angry, but smiled faintly: "Why can't I be here?" There's no place in England that I can't go. ”
Nock glared at the old woman in confusion, and roared as if venting, "You should be at the banquet!" That's where you nobles should be! ”
The old woman looked at the tantrum Nock with a strange expression, and said in surprise: "Do you think that people of my age still need to go to the banquet to show their hormones?" What a rude idea you have! ”
Belch!
Nock was speechless.
He had forgotten about it.
Although this old woman seems to be charming, her age is long enough to be her grandmother in an ordinary family.
Going to a banquet to compete with those young ladies? Robbing the old man? Don't make a fuss, old English men also like young and beautiful big waves.
Thinking of this, Nock didn't dwell on the problem anymore.
He pulled the only chair in the room, sat down facing the old woman without any manners, and crossed Erlang's legs.
A series of actions made the old woman look unhappy.
"Young sir, don't be so rude. And sit in a correct position, it's very rude for you to do that. Didn't Father John teach you manners? ”
The old woman's arrogance made Nock very unhappy.
He unbuttoned his gown, revealing his charming collarbone, and said in a scoundrel tone, "Oh, noble lady, if you are here to preach, then please come back." I don't have the time to listen to tirades from people who don't matter. ”
Nock paused, ignoring the ugly old woman, and continued, "Of course, if there's a fart, let it go!" Otherwise, I'm going to sleep.
Although I am a young man who does not know how to be polite, as a respected priest, I still care about my reputation. It was rumored that I was spending the night in a room with an old woman, and that would ruin my reputation! ”
"Bang!" The old woman slapped the bed board.
She trembled with anger, pointed at Nock with trembling fingers and scolded, "Shut up! Full of gibberish, vulgar, shameless! There is no etiquette at all, you scoundrel looks even more disgusting than those gutter pariahs! ”
Faced with the old woman's accusations, Nock was also annoyed.
He got up and kicked the chair in front of the bed, causing the old woman to retreat in fright.
"That's right! Sir, I'm a scoundrel! I was an orphan who grew up in a monastery, just a thug who wandered around the city. Even now, under the name of a priest, I am a gangster priest.
People like me don't want to deal with noble nobles like you. Therefore, noble lady, lift up your noble feet and leave my lowly home! ”
Nock's attitude completely angered the old woman.
"Good! That's what you said! Don't regret it! ”
Nok slapped the table beside him stiffly and replied resolutely, "Pigmon regrets it!" Walk slowly, don't send! ”
The old woman was so angry that she pushed down the chair that stood in the way, and not to be outdone, held her head high, stepped on graceful steps, like a proud peacock, and opened the door and walked out under the angry gaze of Nock.
Dole, dole, dole.
A series of deliberate heels stomping out of the stairs sounded, forcing Nock to open the door and walk out.
"Wait!"
The old woman stood downstairs and turned to look at the young man upstairs.
"What, you changed your mind and want to ask me back?"
Nock crooked his mouth and sneered: "Please? Don't be sentimental! Before you leave, let your bastards lift the sleep spell. Don't delay us from getting up early tomorrow to pray!
Also, don't forget to help me close the door and put the god pattern on the door right. If you let the dark creatures break in, don't blame me for finding your home to make you look good! ”
"You!"
The old woman didn't expect Nock to stop her for such a trivial matter, and a nameless fire ignited in her heart.
"I don't! I'll just take someone back now. Let those imps sleep to death forever! Better get some more gargoyles, the little devil will eat them all! It's all a bunch of damn and filthy pariahs! ”
Nock squinted at her slightly, and said coldly, "You try it." I can assure you, if you dare to leave like this, tomorrow the whole of England will know that there is a noble lady who went out late at night and was attacked by dark creatures, and the whole team was left untouched. ”
In the face of Nock's threat, the old woman's face turned white.
She shuddered and pointed at Nock: "You are so angry, you are a mud leg who can only swing a stick at the scarecrow when I am my bodyguard?" ”
Nock smiled disdainfully, "In my eyes, there is no difference between them. ”
"You are arrogant!"
The old woman didn't believe that her guards could be so unbearable, but given Nock's relationship with her, she still didn't want to make it too stiff.
Nock is young and vigorous, but she is many years past her age of self-willedness.
If it weren't for the relationship between the two, she would have been too lazy to deal with him. Just kill the ball!
She didn't take Nick anymore, and walked away in a huff, striding towards the front yard.
Henry looked at the black shadow that followed like a shadow, the corners of his mouth crooked, and he touched the weapon hidden under the gown, and pursed his lips disdainfully.
"Cut, old thing. If you really dared to attack me just now, I will send you a peanut to see Satan! ”
"Oh! Merciful Lord,
Forgive me for my needless anger,
I confess to you,
May your radiance envelop me forever.
Amen! ”
The young priest folded his hands and prayed earnestly with his right hand on his left and right shoulders, on the center of his brow and on the middle of his chest.
After praying, he went back to his room, untied the cloth bag from his waist and threw it on the table.
Then he turned over from the window to the roof, stood on the roof, and watched every move in the front yard.
The old woman had already boarded the carriage with the help of the guards.
The leader of the guards sat on the carriage and drove the carriage himself, and after slowly going out of the gate, he stopped at the door.
In the shadows of the front yard, out of the guards leading the horses came out, turned over one by one, and chased out the door, guarding the carriage all around.
The two guards in front of and behind the carriage each lit a torch and prepared to open the way.
However, the convoy did not move.
It wasn't until a few minutes or so later that a dark shadow walked out of the group dormitory next to Nock.
Under Nock's gaze, the shadow walked through the clearing in the backyard and came to a halt in front of the church in the front yard.
Looking at the dilapidated church in front of him, the black shadow raised his hand, as if he wanted to do something about the church.
Nock snorted coldly directly.
It wasn't loud, but in the dark of night, it was enough for the shadow to notice.
The dark shadow turned to glance at Nock on the roof, a sarcastic smile on his mouth hidden under the hood, and turned to walk towards the door.
Ignoring the guards guarding the carriage, the shadow opened the door of the carriage and boarded the carriage and sat inside.
When the black shadow entered the carriage, the carriage slowly started under the control of the head of the guards.
The knight with the torch hurriedly whipped up his horse and took charge of clearing the way fifty yards ahead.
The other guards kept the same speed as the carriage, guarding around the carriage.
A group of people disappeared into the thick night of the night with a puff of smoke.
"Humph! Dignity is different. This is a well-trained knight, right? Sure enough, they are not general. I'm going to have to work hard to get them done. ”
"It's old-fashioned, but it's not completely without merit!"
"But what is the identity of that shadow-like guy? It looks like she's protecting her, but to me, it's more like spying on her. ”
"No, it's none of my business! Lock the door and go to bed early! I knew these bastards weren't reliable. Did she calculate that I wouldn't make a big fuss about this kind of thing? Or do you think I can't do anything about her guards? ”
Not to mention the young priest over there who locked the door and slept.
Running in a carriage on the road, a conversation about Nock is underway.
"How? Still doesn't agree? ”
The man in black asked in a hoarse voice.
The old woman had long since lost her anger, and replied with a calm face, "Didn't you hear it! He's just a scoundrel, a little scoundrel who doesn't get in oil and salt. I didn't even say anything, and he chased me away. ”
The man in black smiled absently, and said in a hoarse voice that suppressed his voice, "Don't make up your mind so early." If he knew that there was a great fortune waiting for him to inherit, he might not have made such a senseless insistence.
How much can an orphan raised by an abbey withstand temptation. If he had known who he was, he might have put on the wings of a griffin and flew to the door. ”
The old woman retorted disapprovingly: "I don't agree, I think it's a waste of time." He was vulgar, short-sighted, short-tempered, and ignorant. There is no place for being an heir.
And John said that what Nock hated most was the abandonment of his loved ones. If he knew about the relationship between me and him, instead of doing what you think, he would resist it even more. ”
The man in black laughed and said proudly, "You don't have to worry about this. His funds will soon run out. Moreover, if we want to bring down the monastery, we don't need to start with him.
Compared to him, those lowly imps were easier to deal with. I already have a plan, and in a few days, I will definitely make this last holy church disappear from England!
Just wait and see, my Majesty the Queen. ”
It turned out that the old woman turned out to be the current queen of the Lionheart Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth!
It's just that Her Majesty, who heard the words of the man in black, suddenly turned ugly.
She thought to herself, "This damn guy is secretly plotting against Nok behind my back!" ”
However, the queen did not turn her face on the man in black.
Because the Man in Black was sent by the Cult of the Gods of Nature, nominally to assist and protect her, but secretly to spy on her.
The hateful Cult of Deity, who took the risk to support them to replace the Holy Church, did not expect that after the deed was completed, they colluded with the nobles of the kingdom, trying to empty the royal family, make her "abdicate and make way for Xian", and get a puppet king to manipulate.
It's a pity that the man in black miscalculated.
The man in black thought she hadn't found out, and Nock was a professional?
No, not only does she know, but she knows more than the man in black!
The world thinks that Nock is a priest who pretended to be a priest after John's death to protect the monastery, but he is just a child for self-preservation.
But who knows, it is this child in their eyes, a professional who dares to wander in the dark and hunt monsters.
Not only was Nock able to hunt the British Dark Monsters, but he also hunted a demon from Hell at the age of thirteen!
Otherwise, why would she be a dignified queen, why would she accompany the man in black to act, but secretly find a way to repair the relationship with the young priest!
Because the man in black knows nothing about the power of the young priest!
[(Note 1: Copper coins, silver coins, gold coins and other monetary units are used uniformly, and whether there are any gold coins will be added later.] )】